Why Do Clothes Shrink When You Wash Them?
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- We've all lost a favorite sweater to shrinkage, but why does this happen? What's the science behind shrinking laundry?
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My pants keep shrinking, not lenghwise, but widthwise... and it seems to happen more often when I eat too much. Laundry is weird.
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My pants shrink every time I watch porn. Laundry is weird.
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Whenever I wash brand new clothes, I always hang them up and let them dry and I wash them in cold water. But the second time I watch them I can throw them in the dryer and they won't shrink from there on out
Same
I yell at my clothes to get the dirt out.
I hope you yell them off
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HA im not just getting fatter TAKE that mom.
cant call me an over stuffed burrito anymore
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Honestly this is so cool. I always thought it was just the dryer heat.
It's simple. Just buy a shirt with polycotton material. (a combination of 50% polyester and 50% cotton)
Shrinking after washing a 100% cotton piece of clothing is a bit of a gamble.
If you’re purchasing t-shirts, and you don’t want to be concerned with shrinking, and a 50/50 blend will give you peace of mind that the size you purchase is the size you will continue to have. 50/50 blends are a little more reliable when it comes to maintaining size and shape.
@@izzuddinnaimofficial2563 cool! But what about 60%cotton and only 40% polyester? 🤔 What happens then? Is the higher cotton then more likely to shrink or does the polyester not let that happen too much??
Every Man who is a Grower knows about Shrinkage.
Lol
Lol yea.
what did you do there?
hakualex
Shriveled in fear.
I was in the pool!!
I swear, everything I want to shrink refuses to shrink.
will I'm Mexican so I dry my clothes old school I hang them out side to dry ;)
Aye me too🇲🇽🇲🇽🙏🏽
I do this too as long as there is plenty of sun.
they'll still shrink!
Read the tag with the cleaning instructions darling. If it says "dry clean only" it is a good sign that it might not be good to wash it in any other way.
I bet that's why your darker clothes start to fade cuz the sun
Shirt was a little smedium lol
I thought it was when you dry it not wash it
I also thought this and we are right to a point its basically heat that do it...hot water or hot air..
Yeah I'm in Korea and their washers beat your clothes to death. I dont have a dryer so I hang to dry and I've had several oversized hirts that have shrunk a little.
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I also hang my clothes its better and I save electricity during summer and it prevents more from fading but if you leave it hanging at the sun for hours it will shrink
It's simple. Just buy a shirt with polycotton material. (a combination of 50% polyester and 50% cotton)
Shrinking after washing a 100% cotton piece of clothing is a bit of a gamble.
If you’re purchasing t-shirts, and you don’t want to be concerned with shrinking, and a 50/50 blend will give you peace of mind that the size you purchase is the size you will continue to have. 50/50 blends are a little more reliable when it comes to maintaining size and shape.
Explain how dry cleaning works please
well first off it's not dry. They use chemicals.
Oil is used instead of water. There ya go, saved you a search 😎
I've never managed to shrink any of my clothes, and I usually just guess the cycle. I wash rougher garments (sweaters, jackets, jeans) in 60 degrees and softer garments (shirts, underwear, socks) in 40 degrees. Granted, I buy cheap clothes that never fit all that well, so it's quite possible that I've simply never noticed the shrinkage.
thats hot
Inderjit Singh Buddy, your name is awesome. It's almost like Indrajit.
Dojan5 thats what my parents probably meant. They spelled it wrong haha
Inderjit Singh No way! That's awesome! Is your father named Ravana by any chance? Haha.
I mean I've met people here called Thor before, so I guess it's not crazy, but it's still really awesome. I'm stuck with a boring regular name. Sigh.
Dojan5 no lol. Dad got a regular Sikh name. My name(spelled by parents) is Sikh name too but its not commonly used. Indrajit is South Indian/Sri lankan name. Commonly used by them. Never heard your name though. Where is it regular?
Note, only clothes that fit will shrink in the drier. If it's too big, it won't shrink.
😂lol same
I can relate
I hate shrinking clothes man I'll get a shirt and it fits perfectly, then it gets washed and all of a sudden it's too tight
I work at a clothing store and this is super helpful to explain to customers why they should not use hot water... Awesome.
I use hot water to shrink my shirt intentionally
I usw hot water when my skin hit by cat fur
@@ardanormm7490 What does “skin hit by cat fur” mean?
@@mathiasfantoni2458 Especially when cat fur can be spun into yarn
So you take 4 minutes of their time reciting this entire clip to them? 😅
Personally I think that clothes should come pre-shrunk and sized appropriately, so that way people get true sizes. Sure it might add a little more to the cost....but we're talking pennies on the dollar.
Whenever I wash brand new clothes, I always hang them up and let them dry and I wash them in cold water. But the second time I watch them I can throw them in the dryer and they won't shrink from there on out
I hate people who reply to their own comments. Ugh.
Yeah, right! So annoying!
The only way to get your wheels on a mango is to provide a reference to the point of view in massacre city.
How do I kill myself?
Just reply to your own comment.
I hate ppl who ask for likes.
Like if u agree
Me Having a oversized HOODIE and I need to shrink it
Lmao
When you mentioned the nazi scientists I intuitively expected some kind of attrocity. Adding plastic to wool? Those monsters!
While watching this video, I felt like he was talking about curly hair. The same shrinkage curly haired people experience, our natural fibered clothes experience. Wonder if the chemically induced straightening process curly haired people undergo is similar to the chemically induced straightening process the fibers of our clothes undergo...Are there side effects from using such chemicals on these fabrics? Interesting
This is why i use lazers to clean my cloths.
This is why I don't clean my clothes
JK
:D
This is why I don't wear clothes
Coconut Pole
Sounds about right
this is why I don't own clothes
I love doing laundry (by machine, I mean). There is something about the scent and the process of renewal that makes me happy. I hate ironing though, so I use that wrinkle releasing spray.
If only we can reverse the shrinkage of natural fabrics.
"Its gonna get small on you !!"
- Mom
Thanks for the schooling. Very educational.
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Why are we so trusting or better put gullible?
If I stand on a soapbox in NYC and make a wild claim, no one will take me seriously. If I make that same claim as a politician, a radio host, the host of a tv show, or a prominent RUclips personality, many more people will take it as true and even quote it in future discussions without ever looking into the claims themselves. Why?
Because society is sheep/hive mind.
I mean, presumably the very fact that they're prominent at all in those positions suggests that they had built up trust by saying things that ended up being true, right? (or, in the case of certain politicians, intuitively sounded true) So presumably the rest of us use past experience to shortcut the hassle of finding a third-party source for everything.
Or because we just go with what we like in general whether the facts are correct or false. Picking what we perceive a as truth.
You guys are gullible? Hmm.
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I've never managed to get oxi clean to work
Thereby confirming that it's somewhat of a myth that dryer air heat is what causes shrinkage.
I have a hard time getting petroleums and pit stains out of my uniforms.
I find Oxy-Clean works better than anything else.
But can I combine baking soda, washing soda, borax, and oxyclean to make an omni-booster? or will that create an anti-matter nuclear fusion black hole or something?
when i do laundry it dont shrink. socks just lose their pairs. no matter where i look it just vanished
'Living things aren't supposed to last forever, and that is actually kind of okay' hit different
ITS NOT OK IF YOUR NEW BATHING APE OR SUPREME T-SHIRT SHRINKS COS THAT SHIT COSTS AS MUCH AS AH SECOND HAND CAR ABOUT £500 POUND OR SO
But why does it only happen to my favorite t-shirts
Why aren't my clothes shrinking?
The background music is driving me crazy.
There is a fourth kind of shrinkage.
Weird my clothes never shrink. That's why I'm watching this.
Can you please make a video about cloth diapering vs. disposible diapers. What's better for the environment / baby from a scientific standpoint?
Where is my dad when he left for years to get some milk?
Okay, how many of you just clicked this video to see Trace in a tight T-shirt?
Just trying to learn how to wash my clothes
But can you use cold water and then tumble dry only no heat?
my clothes are ok after washing however
Missed the most common natural phenomenon, the shrinkage of natural fibers like hemp ropes when wet. To see this, tie up your hands with a hemp rope loosely then wet the rope. Your hands will feel the powerful tightening.
I worked in a dyehouse for a while, and they had a machine that would steam and PRE-STRETCH the fleece fabric, before it was sewn into sweatsuits. A "calendar machine", they called it. Supposed to insure the fabric was all a uniform size. But wash that calendared fabric the first time and it goes UN-calendared.
As someone who works at a fabric store, this is probably something I should know
Damn energy This is truly beautifvl job sell x‑D
I WAS IN THE POOL!! I WAS IN THE POOL!!
i have never been so stressed out about laundry
How about a video on cleaners? I take my favorite clothes there and my mom says it causes cancer. I tell her everything causes cancer, this angers her but I'd still like to know.
Can i shrink my clothes, deliberately? I, um, used to be somewhat fat (1.80 height, 100 kilos) and i've spent a shit load of money to buy many woolen clothes. So, can i? Now i'm 65 kilos..
Ahhh Synthetic clothing.. Is about all I have left after doing my own laundry.
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Actually, the reason jeans don't shrink much is because it is sanfrodized, which makes it pre-shrunk, but un sanforized jeans can shrink up to 10%
glad someone said it
I know, im a hero
Yeah, most of the jeans you'll buy are pre-shrunk cotton denim *and* they have also been sanforized (i.e. treated with special chemicals to keep them from shrinking further). But, even non-sanforized denim will only shrink 5 maybe 10% nowhere NEAR felting in wool products which can shrink 15 to 20 percent in width and 25 to 40 percent in length because the fibers have more air between the weave, and can physically shrink in a way cotton just doesn't.
Pro tip don't wash your jeans or pants unless they're really dirty or sweaty also put them inside and out the jeans will last much longer
Eww
Our clothes don't shrink when we wash them; our bodies simply expand to their full sizes from not being confined within our clothes while they're being washed. :)
Unfortunately, once we've expanded to our potentially full sizes, we can no longer fit within our freshly laundered clothing. :(
Wow, a joke response brings out hateful little ire-filled Internet trolls.
... who'd'a thunk it? :)
Tis better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth (or Text) and remove all doubt.
I on the other hand, AM already a fool. So who's the bigger jackass? Me for posting the above joke comment, or you for taking such incredibly butt-hurt umbrage at it?
... I'm gonna step out on a limb here and say 'you' :)
lol
It's 2016 and you're asking about the science of shrinking laundry?
Well that shows just how fucked we are as a species/race.
Is this a fatter version of the dude from Alvin And The Chipmunks
I need to shrink my joggers, there to big😂
Most Theatrical I need to shrink my shirt lmao
Immediately after the racist Chinese Ad has gone viral , "D" news starts talking about shrinkage. I see what you did there.....
John Shepard What racist Chinese ad?
Why don't they just make washing machines that don't shrink yo damn clothes.
Why do m'balls shrink when in cold water?
How the hell do I wash my Nirvana band tee?
thats why my extra large shirt is now small aww shucks
Any excuse to put Trace in a skintight shirt.
Ok but how much do they shrink, because I got an oversized shirt
I need to shrink my clothes.
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0:00 thats looks like a shitty low as quality shirt made from plastic
Wash new clothes = expensive Hand-Me-Downs
so how do we prevent shrinking?
use cold water on a gentle spin.
hand wash
buy bigger clothes
Stay out of the pool?
soak the shrieked clothes in conditioner I don't know if it works but I saw it on the internet but the internet is always reliable right ?
Is there a way to read the comments while seeing the video?
Clothes do not shrink in the wash they shrink in the dryer.
Why does sweat stink over time?
Same reason OJ's glove shrank
This happens to my shirts all the time
Dude's hairline has shrinkage.
I dried my Ralph Lauren sweaters and they shrank from a Large to Xtra Small no exaggeration.. At the time I spent half a paycheck for these two sweaters so I was upset to say the least.. I’m done buying wool!
What I like about this videos is that I think I have something close to an answer, but then it turns out it goes much deeper than I though.
Same!!
i like when they shrink i need it sometimes
This is why you should hang dry your clothes.
I mean once you wash them the first time they shrink after that they just get clean hence why I'm always buying clothes a size bigger and immediately put them in my laundry basket LMAO my mom calls me crazy but i know they'll be too big and i almost never wanna wear a belt so it be like that
It doesn't shrink, you just get fatter because we eat too much! By the time our clothes are finished getting washed, we've ate a bunch of unhealthy delicious foods! Lmao
Boi get a haircut. Cut the sides or shave it all
Does any one hate it when the neck hole expands?
All my cotton shirts and denim and canvas pants have been shrunk down more than two sizes by my gf. I don’t understand how she does this. I’m a big guy at six four and none of my clothes fit now. This is a serious problem for me right now
George Costanza anyone ?
I hate doing laundry, especially since I don't have hookups at home. So I usually drop it off and have the cleaner do it for me. Worth it at $1/lb.
So the synthetic clothes doesn't shrink?
false, there are four kinds of shrinkage
Why does he remind me of nick from new girl
Whoa, and here I thought I was getting fatter. As it turns out my XXLG cotton tee shirts were actually shrinking.
They don't, they shrink in the dryer.....
With watching vid. Clothes stink bc you used a low water machine. I went back to my old school washer and all the clothes smell clean and not moldy
Do women know about shrinkage?
Wait, I had an add saying "This episode of Discovery News was funded by AT&T" with the dnews logo. Weird...
I want my pants to shrink a little because I bought them a size to big.
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